Welcome to our book study of Anne Lamott’s classic, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

Tonight, we focused on the introduction, pages 27-51 and used this question to guide our discussion:

Lamott’s chapter on perfectionism includes many ways to define that ailment and several solutions to neutralize it.

Is perfectionism something you struggle with? How does it manifest in your writing life? What can you take from Lamott’s chapter to help perfectionism not paralyze you?

Point to specific passages you connected with.